Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-29
FARM NOTES.

FARM NOTES.
A new dairy machine, invented by M.
Hignette, of Paris, has been described
by Prof. James Long. It extracts the
moisture from butter Or the whey from
soft cheese by means of suction. The
vase of the machine consists of reser-
voir which has india-rubber sides, and at
the bottom piece of perforated metal
of very fine quality; this commun Gates
with an aspirating pump and a reservoir
for the liquid which is drawn out by
vacuum erected by working the machine.
Filtration is rapid, and to few moments
the curd is solid and ready to be placed
into naolds, which form the skim milk
cheese.
Cultivated in groves, the average growth
in twelve years of several varieties of
hardwood has been ascertained to be
about as follows: White pie reaches
foot in diameter and 80 feet in height;
ash, leaf maple, or box elder, 1 foot,
in diameter and 20 feet high; white will
low, Ii inches and 35 feet; Lombardy
poplar, 10 inches and 40 feet blue and
white ASH 10 inches and 25 feet; black
walnut and butternut, 10 inches and 60
feet.
Constantinople paper says that for
the last two weeks COnstantinople has
resembled gigantic sheep-fold. In all
its quarters and suburbs numerous fecks
of sheep are to be seen among which
predominant the Caramanian breed. The
greater part have been assembled owing
to the drought which affilcts the provin-
ces of Angora, Koniah, and Adana. There
G q urfa nf Sh
owners to sell at loss, as they can not
feed them any longer.
Popcorn is sold by weight and COM
mands ready sale. AS poultry food it
is better than any other kind of corn, as
1t is not so rich In fat and contains
larger proportion of albuminoids. AL
though the ears are small, yet crop of
popcorn produces nearly as much as the
larger varieties, as it contains a larger
number of ears to the stalk, while more
stalks can also be grown on hill.
Some of the older states are renewing
their growth of timber, thus tending to
allay the fears of an eventual exhaustion
of the timber supply. In New England
there is a vigorous second growth of
white pine, where the forests are already
yielding between 200, 100000 and 100000
600 feet Of timber annually.
Phylloxera have appear ed in several
vineyards near Blebrich, and the utmost
CONSERVATION naturally prevails in the
Rheingan, as the affect vines are within
few miles of the Johnnisberg, Steinberg,
Rauenthal, and Marcobrunn vineyards,
which produce the finest of all the wines
of the Rhine.
Hop-raisIng is said to be more profit
able in Oregon and Washington territory
than in any of the eastern states. The
seasons are long, insects are scarce, poles
are cheap, and plenty while the crop is
harvested by Indians, who work for small
wages, and are reported as being very
reliable.
The Boston Advertiser reports that
Iowa farmers are writing to Vermont
with regard to purchasing farms there
and it says that already movement has
set in from various directions that bids
to settle the problem of the hill towns of
New England by repeopling them.
An English gardner has discovered
that the peculiar strong, and to most
persons disagreeable flavor of parsnips
may be avoided by sowing the seed
quite late il the season so as to have the
instead of in the summer.
There is remarkable scarcity of Lima
beans in most northern cities this season.
The vines made very small growth
during the prolonged drought, and since
it was broken it has been too cold for
pods to form.
The culture of annette has been intro
duced into several of the West India
islands. In rich lands the bushes will
make large growth if planted in sod, and
will produce berries in three or four
years.
The first of the new crop of Carolina
rice, thirteen barrels, was sold in New
York, Aug. 81, at cents pound. The
quality was prime.
According TO MIR. g. 81. Oldham, an
authority on fax cultivation, the south of
Ireland is much better fitted in respect of
soil and climate, for the growth of the
crop than Ulster is, and when fax was
grown in the south the average yield was
always greater than in the northern
province. He, therefore, advocates the
cultivation of flax in the south, with the
view to doubling the quantity at present
produced in Ireland. The quantity of
fiber required annually to keep the Irish
linen factories going is about $4,000 tons,
while the average produce of Ireland is
about 10000 tons. In 1886 it was little
over 5000 tons, and 1000 tons were ex-
ported. Mr.. Oldham objects to the
wasteful system of growing for the fiber
only, and not taking the Hnseed. He
also complains that under the scratching
mill system the farmer is feeced at every
turn.